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Conquering a Cruel Continent for a Cause

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TechSoup Global's vice president for Africa David Barnard did. David Barnard has completed six of these grueling races: The Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa (its name is derived from a Tswana word meaning "the great thirst"). But then you'd have to get up the next day and run another 25 miles (or more).

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

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She went from being somebody's servant to somebody who when she walks down the street of her community, people stop her and shake her hand and thank her for the stories that she is telling, or ask, 'When are you going to interview me? Our age ranges in all of our global training sites range from 19 to 56. CH: Right, exactly.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. What we do is essentially support social entrepreneurship within refugee communities. We bring communities together to identify their top problems, needs, and priorities, and solve them internally.